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A modern library of I Ching, Dao De Jing, the great Bazi manuals, and other classical Chinese texts — translated into plain English and indexed so you can actually find what you're looking for.

indexed: 6 classical works · 12,400 passages · zh-classical → English
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This is not a fortune-telling site.

The Bronze Mirror is built on the conviction that classical Chinese philosophy — the I Ching, the Dao De Jing, the great Bazi manuals — has serious intellectual content that deserves to be read on its own terms. We translate ancient texts. We do not predict your future, sell talismans, or make promises about wealth and luck. The 5,000-year tradition is interesting enough without that.

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The library

Six classical works, indexed and searchable

《周易》 I Ching
Book of Changes · ~1000 BCE · 64 hexagrams
《道德经》 Dao De Jing
The Way and Its Power · ~400 BCE · 81 chapters
《滴天髓》 Dripping Heavenly Source
Classical Bazi manual · 14th century
《子平真诠》 Ziping Zhenquan
The True Compendium of Ziping · 18th century
《沈氏玄空学》 Shen's Xuan Kong
Classical Feng Shui · 19th century
《黄帝内经》 Huangdi Neijing
Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon · ~200 BCE

All texts are public domain. Translations are original work, made available under Creative Commons.

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